Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5764375 | Continental Shelf Research | 2017 | 44 Pages |
Abstract
Compared to other tide-dominated fluvial dispersal systems, the Mekong River system has a relatively young (â¤1000 yr) subaqueous delta, a shallow rollover at 4-6 m water depth, gentle foreset gradients (0.03-0.57°), and a short cross-shelf dimension of 15-20 km within 20-m water depth. Like the Amazon, Po, and Yangtze rivers, the Mekong River has developed a pervasive along-shelf deposit, which in this case extends > 250 > 300km to the southwest as a result of the superimposed tidal processes, wave-induced resuspension, and a strong low-flow season coastal current.
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Authors
J. Paul Liu, David J. DeMaster, Charles A. Nittrouer, Emily F. Eidam, Thanh T. Nguyen,